2020 Bakersfield, California, mayoral election

2020 Bakersfield, California, mayoral election

March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03)

Candidate Karen Goh Gregory Tatum Joseph Caporali Popular vote 60,579 7,336 4,519 Percentage 83.53% 10.12% 6.23%

Mayor before election Karen Goh Elected Mayor Karen Goh

Bakersfield, California, held a general election for mayor on March 3, 2020. It saw the re-election of incumbent Karen Goh.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.

Candidates

Declared

• Joseph Caporali, military veteran and filmmaker; candidate for mayor in 2008^[1]
• Karen Goh, incumbent mayor and former Kern County supervisor^[1] (party preference: Republican)
• Joey Harrington (write-in), business owner^[1]
• Mark Hudson (write-in), business owner^[1]
• Gregory Tatum, military veteran and pastor; candidate for mayor in 2016 and State Senate in 2018^[1] (party preference: Republican)

Results

2020 Bakersfield mayoral election^[2]^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Karen Goh (incumbent)		60,579	83.53%
Gregory Tatum		7,336	10.12%
Joseph Caporali		4,519	6.23%
Mark Hudson (write-in)		74	0.10%
Joey Harrington (write-in)		15	0.02%
Total votes		72,523	100.00%

References

1. Goss, Emma (February 11, 2020). "Five candidates run for Bakersfield mayor". Bakersfield Now.
2. "KERN COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS". April 3, 2020.
3. "Mayoral election in Bakersfield, California (2020)". Ballotpedia.